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Ryland Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a piece of land where rye was grown, from Old English ryge ‘rye’ + land ‘land’. adm Norwegian: habitational name from any of three farmsteads in Vestlandet so named from an unexplained first element + land ‘land’, ‘farm’. OV. Rare as a Swedish name - 6 in Goteborg, probably imported from Norway Probably an altered spelling of Dutch Reiland.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Hyland, Nyland, Land, Byland, Erland, Rowland, Soland, Eland, Ragland

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Ryland Family Origin

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Ryland Family Occupations

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  • Grocer

    3%

  • Agricultural Labourer

    2%

  • Butcher

    2%

  • Stone Mason

    2%

In 1881, the most common Ryland occupation in the UK was Grocer. 3% of Ryland's were Grocers. A less common occupation for the Ryland family was Stone Mason. Grocer, Agricultural Labourer and Butcher were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Ryland.

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Ryland Historical Records

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Ryland Life Expectancy

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